Middleweight CB Dollaway has shown the best form of his career during the past two years, winning four of five bouts while capturing two post-fight bonus awards. On Saturday, December 20th, “The Doberman” will get the big fight he has been awaiting, when he headlines against former world champion Lyoto Machida in Barueri, Brazil. Stepping back into the Octagon for the first time since his stirring five-round battle against middleweight champion Chris Weidman at UFC 175, Brazil’s Machida has won two previous middleweight bouts against Mark Munoz and Gegard Mousasi. In Dollaway, “The Dragon” will face a former The Ultimate Fighter finalist who has added impressive striking to his wrestling base to become a Top 10 middleweight contender.

The UFC’s first show in Phoenix on December 13th will be a memorable one. Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos makes his return against top contender Stipe Miocic. Brazil’s “Cigano” held the heavyweight crown from November 2011 to December 2012, and since then, he has gone 1-1. He knocked out Mark Hunt in May 2013, but lost his rubber match against Cain Velasquez last October. Miocic is currently on a three-fight winning streak, after decisioning Roy Nelson and Gabriel Gonzaga and taking just 35 seconds to halt Fabio Maldonado. Plus, Nate Diaz will compete for the first time since November 2013 against lightweight contender Rafael dos Anjos, and the exciting Alistair Overeem and Stefan Struve square off in a pivotal heavyweight

History will be made on December 12th in Las Vegas. The UFC’s first strawweight champion will be crowned, plus featherweight contenders Jeremy Stephens and Charles Oliveira will square off. The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned stars the top women’s 115-pound fighters competing for a world championship. “Lil’ Heathen” Stephens has won three of his past four bouts, with the only loss coming in a Fight of the Night battle against Cub Swanson in June. Oliveira is on a two-fight hot streak, with his wins against Andy Ogle and Hatsu Hioki both earning him performance of the night awards.

UFC 181 will have the eyes of the world watching, with a double main event on December 6th in Las Vegas. In the first main event, the UFC lightweight title will be on the line as Anthony "Showtime" Pettis defends his belt for the first time against his coaching rival on The Ultimate Fighter, former Strikeforce champion Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez. Then, UFC welterweight champion Johny "Bigg Rigg" Hendricks and veteran knockout artist "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler meet in a rematch of their epic five-round title bout at UFC 171 that is guaranteed to produce fireworks.

The UFC travels to Austin, Texas on November 22nd, and fight fans in the Lone Star State will see two pivotal match-ups. Former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar faces top contender Cub Swanson in the five-round featherweight main event, and Bobby “King” Green takes on Brazilian bomber Edson Barboza in a battle of exciting 155-pound standouts. Swanson and Edgar are on a collision course, with the eventual goal being a shot at the featherweight title. The lightweights in the co-main event are on hot streaks that are just as impressive, with knockout artist Barboza winning four of his past five bouts and Green emerging victorious in eight straight fights.

The UFC makes its historic first visit to Mexico on Saturday, November 15th. In the main event of UFC 180, Brazilian powerhouse Fabricio Werdum will attempt to win the interim heavyweight title when he takes on revered knockout artist Mark “The Super Samoan” Hunt. UFC 180: Werdum vs Hunt—Saturday, November 15th, live on Pay-Per-View from Mexico City Arena in Mexico City, Mexico.

November 8th is shaping up to be a great night for fight fans! UFC Fight Night in Uberlandia, Brazil will feature a five-round light heavyweight battle between former world champion Shogun Rua and Ovince Saint Preux. Back in action for the first time since his exciting rematch with Dan Henderson in March, Curitiba’s Rua will pull out all the stops to keep his home-country fans happy.

Fans and fighters demanded it, and on November 8th in Sydney, the UFC FIGHT PASS main event will be a five-round clash of middleweight contenders when Luke Rockhold meets heated rival Michael Bisping. The highly ranked Rockhold, a former Strikeforce champion, is coming off back-to-back finishes of Costas Philippou and Tim Boetsch. He is promising another quick end when he faces England's Bisping, a perennial contender who got back in the win column in August with an impressive stoppage of Cung Le in Macao. UFC Fight Night Sydney: Rockhold vs Bisping — Friday, November 7th, live from Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia and exclusively broadcast live on UFC FIGHT PASS.

The awaited rematch between UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo and No. 1 contender Chad Mendes will headline UFC 179 in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, October 25th. In their first meeting in January 2012, Aldo stopped then-unbeaten Mendes with one second remaining in the first round. Since then, Mendes has won five straight, most recently decisioning Nik Lentz in December 2013. Aldo, the only 145-pound champion in UFC history, has added three more successful title defenses since the Mendes bout, defeating Frankie Edgar, Chan Sung Jung and Ricardo Lamas. He looks to stamp a finish on this rivalry once and for all. Plus, a clash of light heavyweight contenders will co-headline, as Brazilian star Glover Teixeira faces off against Phil Davis.

The UFC’s first visit to Halifax on Saturday, October 4th has a stellar headliner, as top welterweight contenders Rory MacDonald and Tarec Saffiedine collide in a five-round matchup. Currently ranked No. 2 in the world, British Columbia native MacDonald has won seven of his past eight bouts, with recent victories against Demian Maia and Tyron Woodley. Belgium’s Saffiedine has his sights set on a title shot, and the former Strikeforce champion is well on his way to that goal if he can extend his five-fight winning streak. UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Saffiedine — Saturday, October 4th, live from the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, NS, Canada.

Fresh off his big win against Zak Cummings, unbeaten welterweight phenom Gunnar Nelson will make his first headlining performance in the UFC on Saturday, October 4th. Then, he takes on American veteran Rick Story at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. Undefeated in 14 professional fights, the 26-year-old Nelson is already 4-0 in his UFC campaign, with three wins coming via submission. Story owns wins against Johny Hendricks, Thiago Alves and Jake Ellenberger and is coming off one of his best performances to date when he submitted Leonardo Mafra in July. UFC Fight Night Stockholm: Nelson vs Story — Saturday, October 4th, live from the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden and exclusively broadcast live on UFC FIGHT PASS.

The first man to hold the UFC flyweight title, Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, has gone on to dominate his division, defeating opponent after opponent. But Johnson has not cleaned out the 125-pound weight class yet, and dynamic striker Chris “Kamikaze” Cariaso is prepared to prove that fact to the champion at UFC 178. Plus, this hard-hitting event will feature top contender Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone fighting against international lightweight star Eddie Alvarez, who is making his UFC debut. Also, Dustin Poirier will face Irish superstar Conor McGregor. UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso — Saturday, September 27th, live on Pay-Per-View from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The heavyweight showdown fight fans have demanded becomes a reality on September 20th when Mark “The Super Samoan” Hunt meets fellow knockout artist Roy “Big Country” Nelson in Japan. Armed with heavy hands, Hunt has finished opponents including Stefan Struve and Cheick Kongo, while The Ultimate Fighter season 10 winner Nelson has won all seven of his UFC victories by knockout. This is a slugfest for the ages.

After a successful return to the Octagon in June, the former champion UFC heavyweight Andrei "The Pit Bull" Arlovski seeks redemption when he travels to Brazil. He will face contender, Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva in a rematch of the 2010 five-round fight where Bigfoot won.

Nearly six years after their first meeting in 2008, top middleweight contenders Gegard Mousasi and Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza will battle once more on September 5th in Ledyard, Connecticut. In their first fight, Mousasi knocked out Souza in the first round. Since then, both have gone on to win Strikeforce titles and become UFC contenders. In their most recent bouts, Mousasi submitted Mark Munoz in the first round in May, and Souza decisioned Francis Carmont in February. Plus, the heavyweight division is likely to get a shake up when Alistair Overeem battles Ben Rothwell in a clash of veteran contenders.

In May of 2014, TJ Dillashaw shocked the world when he ended the 35-fight unbeaten streak of Renan Barao and took his UFC bantamweight crown. On Saturday, August 30, Dillashaw defends his title for the first time against upset-minded veteran Joe Soto in the five-round championship main event that headlines UFC 177 at the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, California.Plus, lightweight standouts Tony Ferguson and Danny Castillo collide in a pivotal 155-pound showdown.

Former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson will look to keep his number one ranking intact on Saturday, August 23, when he faces fifth-ranked Rafael dos Anjos in a five-round main event that will headline UFC Fight Night at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Henderson is coming off his second consecutive win since losing his title to Anthony Pettis in August of 2013, as he submitted Rustam Khabilov in the fourth round in Albuquerque on June 7. That same night, dos Anjos delivered one of the most impressive wins of his UFC career as he stopped Jason High in two rounds, putting him at six wins in his last seven bouts. In the co-main event, welterweight contenders Demian Maia and Mike Pyle meet in a clash of seasoned groundfighting aces.

The UFC returns to China for the second time this year Fists and feet will be flying in the five-round main event as perennial contender Michael 'The Count' Bisping squares off with 185-pound superstar Cung Le, owner of some of the most unforgettable highlight-reel-worthy moments ever seen in the Octagon. Plus, top welterweight standouts Tyron 'The Chosen One' Woodley and Dong Hyun 'Stun Gun' Kim meet in a bout guaranteed to produce its own set of fireworks.

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Following big wins at UFC 174, Top 10 light heavyweights Ryan Bader and Ovince Saint Preux will collide in Bangor, Maine on Saturday, August 16th when they square off in a five-round main event. The Ultimate Fighter season eight winner Bader recently decisioned Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante, marking his third win in his past four bouts. Former Strikeforce standout Saint Preux picked up his fifth straight victory in June when he finished Ryan Jimmo in the second round. Plus, Maine native Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch meets hard-charging Brad Tavares in a pivotal middleweight matchup.

The next challenger for the UFC welterweight championship will be determined in what is expected to be a Fight of the Year candidate between 170-pound sluggers “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler and Matt “The Immortal” Brown. Plus, the world rankings in three divisions will likely get a shakeup when Anthony “Rumble” Johnson battles Rogerio Nogueira at 205 pounds, Dennis “The Menace” Bermudez puts his six-fight winning streak on the line in a featherweight bout against Clay Guida and lightweight contender Josh “The Punk” Thomson faces off against Michael “The Menace” Johnson.

On July 19th in Dublin, on what some believe was the greatest UFC live event ever, Irish superstar and hometown hero Conor McGregor got the toughest test of his career when he battled Brazil’s Diego Brandao in the UFC Fight Night main event at the manic O2 Arena. Brandao, a winner of season 14 of The Ultimate Fighter, had won three of his last four bouts, and arrived in the Irish capital insisting McGregor was “all hype.” But the 25-year-old Dubliner continued to predict a first-round blowout of Brandao. Also on the card, undefeated welterweight prospect Gunnar Nelson took on choke specialist Zac Cummings and elite flyweights Ian McCall and Brad Pickett collided.

Lightweight contender Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has made no secret of his desire to fight six times in 2014. On July 16th, he will be halfway to his goal, when he faces New Jersey’s own Jim Miller in a five-round main event in Atlantic City. Winner of three straight bouts, Cerrone has been unstoppable with his finishes of Evan Dunham, Adriano Martins and Edson Barboza— each of which earned a post-fight bonus. Whippany’s Miller is unbeaten in his past four bouts, as he has defeated Joe Lauzon, Fabricio Camoes and Yance Medeiros.

One of the UFC’s greatest rivalries continues on Sunday, July 6th, when former champions Frankie Edgar and BJ Penn meet for the third time. Fresh off a coaching stint against each other on The Ultimate Fighter season 19, Edgar and Penn will now battle in the Octagon™. This time, though, the former 155-pound standouts are going to settle their business in the featherweight division. Plus, the light heavyweight and middleweight winners of The Ultimate Fighter season 19 will be crowned.

UFC 175 has a headliner for the ages on July 5th, when UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman will defend his crown against former light heavyweight champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida. Weidman, fresh off two finishes of future Hall of Famer Anderson Silva in 2013, will now battle Brazil’s Machida, who has won two straight at 185 pounds against Mark Munoz and Gegard Mousasi. Plus, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will attempt to successfully defend her title for the third time when she faces top contender Alexis Davis in the co-main event.